अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतो

Supplement to the earlier post.

पिछले पोस्ट के लिए पूरक

Patanjala Yoga-Sutra : Kaivalyapada 12, 13

पातञ्जल योग-सूत्र : कैवल्यपाद १२, १३

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अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतोऽस्त्यध्वभेदाद्धर्माणाम्।।१२।।

(अतीत-अनागतं स्वरूपतः अस्ति अध्वभेदात् धर्माणाम्।।)

This is about how past and future basically are only the विकार / vikAra, aberration and distortion of  - गुणानाम् / धर्माणाम् / of the three attributes as Dharma, namely : the सत् / सत्त्व / sattva, the रज / raja  and the तम / tama. As the three attributes follow different paths, the past and future appear / result as प्रत्यय / pratyaya (what appears though neither real nor unreal but hypothetical only).

ते व्यक्तसूक्ष्मा गुणात्मानः।।१३।।

(ते व्यक्तसूक्ष्माः गुणाः आत्मानः।।)

They past and future are the manifest form of the three subtle attributes of the आत्मन्  / the self / Self.

(To be read with the last post)

To be continued. ...

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